Final Exam and Course Summary

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Final ExamandCourse Summary

• MM 010
• Peter Bell
• John Clavin
• Abhijeet Chatterjee
• Spring 2007
• May 3, 2007

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Group Projects

• Feedback
• Team Dynamics
• Content Creativity
• The Role of the Audience
• Preparation/Practice
• Objective
• QA

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MM 010-Final Exam
Case Dells Working Capital Due Exam THURSDAY
MAY 10th at 430 PM Email to Pbell_at_hcp.com,
jcc_at_merganser.com and leave a hard copy at
Fulton 350 with Joyce OConnor Late
presentations will not be accepted.
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Questions?
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The beautiful thing about MM010 is we do not even
try and cover everything. Therefore, you might
actually learn something, not just remember
something.
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What do we want to achieve?

• Understanding the basic components of a business
  and how they impact one another (thus avoiding a
  silo/chimney experience)
• Learn about the language of business
• Get some insight into potential fields of further
  study
• Begin to explore career opportunities

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Companies we have looked at
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Guests
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Situations/Functions

• Ethics
• Sales
• Accounting and Financial Reporting
• IT
• Operations
• Finance
• Organization and Change
• Crisis Management/Turnaround
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Managing Human Resources
• Venture Capital
• Entrepreneurship

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Key Takeaways

• Business is about numbers
• R, M, V, customers, cash generation
• Business is not black and white
• You will never have all the data before you need
  to make a decision
• Both style and substance count
• Skills we saw in our cases, class discussion
  discussions and our guests
• Communication
• Knowledge of the business
• Risk assessment/judgment
• Analysis
• Leadership
• Management
• Listening
• Active Participation
• Team Dynamics (group dynamics)
• You are in a great situation here at BC to begin
  to develop these skills now

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Thanks!!!